Supposed Murder.
(BY TELEGRAPH."* (UNITEO PHESS ASSOCIATION.) Dunedin, May 16. The Daily Times correspondent at Roxburgh telegraphs that the body of a man has fieen found at a creek, between Moa Flat and the Pomahaka River, m the Cheviot district. It is seated that the body was covered with. stones, and the head had apparently been chopped off and placed uoar the feet. It is be« lieved that the man was murdered, and his clothes buried. There is still a portion of the flesh adhering lo the bones, and from the appearance of the body it is surmised that an attempt was made to burn the body. The police have gone to the spot..
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 137, 17 May 1883, Page 2
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114Supposed Murder. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 137, 17 May 1883, Page 2
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